How to Make Summer Pudding

It may be ice cream season, but sometimes we crave a bit more, and with our Sainsburys promo codes, Ocado voucher codes and Bang Good discount codes, you can save a bit of money on some essential summer pudding ingredients and kitchen equipment. Yes, we mean THE summer pudding and not just an old dessert. You might consider it the warm weather alternative to winter favourites such as treacle sponge, so why not give it whirl seeing a the sun’s showing it’s face right now? As well as being surprisingly simple to prepare, you can use our current Sainsburys promo codes and Ocado coupon codes to make sure you don’t spend over the odds on your summer pudding ingredients…

You will need…

1kg mixed summer berries (fresh or frozen)

150g caster sugar

3 tablespoons of water

7 slices of white bread

A 1.25 litre pudding bowl or basin

One way you can save money straight off is by buying frozen fruit instead of fresh. Of course, traditionally summer pudding was made using fresh fruit precisely because it is in season at this time of year, but if you want the extra convenience at a fraction of the price, there’s nothing wrong with using this method too.

To save on this essential component of your pud (along with the other ingredients), you could choose to order them using our pick of the Sainsburys promo codes – this saving get you £20 off your first online order when you spend £60 or more but is only valid until 9th June. However, worry not if you miss out because you can still save with our Ocado promotional code that gets you £20 off with a minimal £80 spend.

How to prepare…

Place the water and sugar in a large saucepan or stock pot and simmer until the sugar has melted. Add the fruit and keep on a low heat for 3 minutes. Stir a couple of times, but don’t over work it as the fruit should stay intact. Once heated, pass through a sieve and keep both the fruit and juice to one side.

Cut the crusts off all the slices of bread. Leave 1 slice whole, cut 4 slices in half lengthways, and the last 2 slices into 4 triangles each.

Line your pudding basin with cling film, but leave a 20cm overlap around the edge.

Soak the whole slice of bread in the juice then place in the bottom of the basin. Repeat with the bread halves and line the sides of basin with them, pressing them all down to seal.

Carefully spoon the fruit into the basin. Soak the remaining bread triangles and arrange them on top so they cover the fruit.

Cover with the overlapped cling film and weigh down the surface with a plate. Chill for 6 hours.

Once ready, remove the plate and cling film from the top and cover with a large serving plate. Tip upside down, remove the basin and remaining cling film and serve with thick cream or ice cream.

You will probably find yourself eating a lot of fruit this summer, whether it’s berries in pudding form, watermelon, mango or other tropical varieties. Preparing fresh fruit can be a bit of a faff, but with our current Bang Good voucher code, you can save on some fruity kitchen appliances you didn’t even know you needed! Use this Bang Good discount voucher to get an extra 10% off items like the Handheld Stainless Steel Cherry Pitter, the Mango Fruit Slicer and the Strawberry Stem Huller – once you’ve used them, you won’t know how you managed without!